Doumel
Louis Alfred Doumet, known by his stage name of Doumel, was a French actor and comedian active in the inter-war years.
Biography
Having moved to Paris thanks to the passion for the southern style, which flowered at the time with operettas and films on the subject, Doumel started to appear in small music halls and theatres, entertaining audiences with comic stories from Marseille, where he met other actors such as Gorlett and Rellys. Louis Doumel also appeared in various operettas and plays and recorded some discs of tall stories and Marseille jokes.He appeared in his first film in 1926 and continued making films until the Second World War. He is best known for his appearances in César directed Marcel Pagnol, as the ill-advised friend of Marius, and with Fernandel in Ignace directed by Pierre Colombier.
Filmography
- 1926 : L'Inconnue des Six Jours
- 1931 : Atout cœur - Cinema client
- 1931 : Durand contre Durand
- 1931 : Les Galeries Lévy et Cie - César Patenolle
- 1931 : La belle Madame Moïse
- 1931 : Crime passionnel
- 1932 : La Guerre des sauterelles
- 1933 : The Illustrious Maurin - Capoufigue
- 1933 : La Prison de Saint-Clothaire
- 1934 : Le Prince Jean - Café waiter
- 1934 : Deux mille deux cent vingt deux C F 2
- 1935 : Arènes joyeuses
- 1935 : Dora Nelson - Taxi driver
- 1935 : Juanita
- 1935 : Marseille
- 1936 : Aventure à Paris
- 1936 : Blanchette
- 1936 : César - Fernand
- 1936 : Prête-moi ta femme
- 1936 : Sept hommes, une femme
- 1936 : Une gueule en or - The Barman
- 1937 : Balthazar
- 1937 : L'Escadrille de la chance
- 1937 : Ignace - The Ajudant-chef
- 1937 : Les Rois du sport - Boxing Club President
- 1938 : Alexis, Gentleman Chauffeur - Napoleon I
- 1938 : Rail Pirates - Morganty
- 1938 : L'Avion de minuit
- 1938 : Ceux de demain / L'enfant de troupe
- 1938 : Le Dompteur
- 1938 : Lights of Paris - The Manager
- 1938 : The President - Marius
- 1939 : Grey contre X
- 1940 : La Comédie du bonheur - Pernamboc